Tuesday, December 1, 2015

IT News Head Lines (Yahoo News) 02/12/2015

Suspect in Colorado clinic shooting told he faces murder chargeThe
man accused of killing three people and wounding nine in a shooting
rampage at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs was told he
faces charges including first-degree murder during his first court
appearance on Monday. Robert Lewis Dear, 57, appearing by video link
from jail, spoke only to tell the judge he had no questions. There was
no discussion of the suspect's motives during the brief hearing, and
formal charges will be filed at a court appearance scheduled for Dec. 9.

Police shooting of black teen cited in U of Chicago threatFederal
authorities said an online threat that led the University of Chicago to
cancel classes Monday targeted whites and was motivated by the police
shooting of a black teenager, video of which was released ...

Putin: Turkey shot down Russian plane to defend ISIS oil suppliesBy
Denis Dyomkin PARIS (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said
on Monday the reason Turkey downed a Russian warplane last week was that
it wanted to protect supplies of oil from Islamic State. Putin,
speaking at the global climate conference in Paris, added that the
decision to shoot down the plane was a "huge mistake" and that he had
not met Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday, despite them both
being in Paris. "We have received additional data which confirm that
Islamic State oil ... enters the territory of Turkey," Putin said.

Chicago officer, charged with murdering black teen, posts bondBy
Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO (Reuters) - A judge on Monday set a $1.5
million bond for a white Chicago police officer charged with murder
after a patrol car's dashboard camera video showed him shooting a black
teenager 16 times. Officer Jason Van Dyke, who appeared in shackles,
must post 10 percent of the total amount. The police union president
said after the hearing that union members can help Van Dyke's family
meet the amount.

U.S. tightens visa waiver program in wake of Paris attacksBy
Roberta Rampton and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White
House announced changes to the U.S. visa waiver program on Monday so
that security officials can more closely screen travelers from 38
countries allowed to enter the United States without obtaining visas
before they travel. Under the new measures, which were prompted by the
Nov. 13 attacks in Paris by Islamic State militants, the Department of
Homeland Security would immediately start to collect more information
from travelers about past visits to countries such as Syria and Iraq,
the White House said.

Putin, Obama discuss Syria political settlementRussian
President Vladimir Putin said Monday that he and President Barack Obama
have a shared understanding on how to move toward a political
settlement in Syria, but added that incidents like the recent downing of
a Russian warplane by a Turkish fighter jet stymie broader cooperation
against extremism.

Donald Trump on Islam: ‘There’s something nasty coming out of there’Trump
speaks at a rally in Sarasota, Fla., on Saturday. “You know, there’s
something definitely going on,“ Trump said on MSNBC’s "Morning Joe” on
Monday. “You see it whether it’s in Paris or whether it’s the World
Trade Center or whether it’s even one minute of silence at a soccer game
out of respect for the people that died, and there was no respect by a
pretty good group of people in that stadium,” Trump said.

Iraq War veteran killed at Planned Parenthood was trying to save others, his family says
Ke'Arre
Stewart had stepped outside the building to get cellphone service when
he was shot, his brother told NBC News. The 29-year-old then ran back
inside, telling people inside the clinic to take cover. Read More ...